Pocket-book.



Pat ented Mar. l2, l90l.

5. B. Ammuss.

POCKET BOOK. (Application filed July 28, 1900.|

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UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

EDWIN B. ANDRUSS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

POCKET-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 6o'9,936, dated March 12, 1901.

Application filed July 23, 1900.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN B. ANDRUSS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket-Books; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to prevent any of the bills being dropped and lost while taking paper money from a pocket-book; to provide such means for securing the bills to the pocket-book as will permit a ready insertion of said bills, allow the same to be fully exposed for examination, and yet permit no bill to escape unless positively pulled by the fingers; to obtain cheapness, ease of manufacture, and neatness'of appearance, and to secure other advantages and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved pocket-book and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention as applied to a pocket-book. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line as, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan of the holding means separate from the pocketbook, and Fig. 4 shows a modification of the same. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail sections taken on lines y and g, respectively, of Fig. 3.

In said drawings, (it indicates the body portion of a pocket-book of any ordinary construction and having a pocket or compartment 1), formed by the doubled wall at, and into which bills or paper money may be folded and thrust. A flap 0 may be provided for closing the mouth I? of the said compartment also in any usual manner. Adjacent to the mouth I) of the said pocket or compartment is arranged a metal frame d, preferably of Serial No. 24.476. kllo model.)

wire, and secured in place and at the same time hidden by being sewed between the layers of the pocketbook wall in making the said pocket-book. Said frame is substantially f d-shaped and the middle or body portion (1 lies parallel to the mouth of the pocket I) slightly above the same and extending from edge to edge of the pocket-hook. From the opposite ends of said body part (1 arms d project atright angles and lie along the edges of the pocket-book, being concealed and held between the united edges of the walls of the pocket or compartment. These arms d in length extend far enough below the mouth of the pocket to insure firmness and strength preferablyto and slightly within the corner- .clasps e of the pocket-book. Being sewed between the layers or thicknesses of the walls of the pocket-book the said frame is by reason of its shape held firmly in place and yet is very readily and cheaply inserted in manufacturing the pocket-book. From the opposite arms d at points closely adjacent to the body-bar d or substantially in the line of the open mouth I) of the compartment 1) books f project inwardly toward each other in the plane of the frame d. Over the said oppositely-facing hooks are slipped the ends of a looped or doubled elastic band g, the said band being normally shorter than the distance between the hooks f, whereby a considerable tension will be produced in the elastic band 9 when it is stretched over the hooks. Said elastic band thus lies in the mouth of the pocket 19, extending longitudinally thereof and being disposed close to one side wall, as a in Fig. 2. In use the flap 0 being thrown open, as shown in Fig. l, the bills are passed between the two parallel portions g g of the elastic band and drawn half-way through until the upper or outer strand or portion g of the elastic band lies across the middle of the bills and by its elastic tension presses them against the pocket-book. In this position the bills can be examined at convenience and any one wanted can be detached by a sharp pull without displacing others. When desired, the bills may be folded up and tucked into the compartment 1) without dislodging them from the elastic band. They can be readily drawn out again by means of the edges 11', all without removing them from the grasp of the band.

Under some conditions I may instead of hooksf bend the wire frame into integral eyes h, as shown in Fig. 4, and the elastic cord may be single, as j, and simply knotted at its ends, asj, to prevent escape from said eyes.

Other modifications of construction may be made Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is l. The combination with a pocket-book having a pocket I), of a |-shaped frame having its arms at each end of said pocket and its body portion above the mouth of the pocket and an elastic cord stretching from arm to arm of said frame across the mouth of the pocket, substantially as set forth.

2. A pocket-book having a compartment open at one edge, a frame extending along the open edge and adjacent ends of the com partment, and a cord or band supported by said frame and stretched across the mouth of the compartment, substantially as set forth.

3. A pocket-book having a pocket or compartment open at one edge to form a mouth, and a fixed elastic cord stretched longitudinally across said mouth and adapted to lie across bills slipped thereunder, and hold the same to the pocket-book while permitting them to be either spread out or folded and tucked into the pocket, substantially as set forth.

4. A pocket-book having a compartment or pocket with an open edge forming a month, an elastic cord extending longitudinally of said compartment and lying across its open mouth, and means for supporting said cord in fixed position at the opposite ends of the mouth of the compartment, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination withapocket-book hav ing a compartment open at one edge, of a frame extending around the open edge of the compartment, and having hooks at the opposite ends of the compartment, and an elastic cordstretched between said hooks, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination with a pocket-book having a compartment open at one edge and forming a mouth, of a |shaped wire frame, concealed in one Wall of the compartment and having its body portion parallel to and above the open mouth and its arms at the ends of said mouth, exposed fastening means projecting from said arm into the ends of the said mouth, and an elastic cord stretched be tween said fastening means, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of July, 1900.

EDWIN B. ANDRUSS.

Witnesses:

IRVIN J. Lone, WILLIAM W. Emma. 

